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Meteor Shower Forecasting for Spacecraft OperationsAlthough sporadic meteoroids are a much greater hazard to spacecraft than shower meteoroids in general, meteor showers can significantly increase the risk of damage over short time periods. Because showers are brief, it is sometimes possible to mitigate the risk operationally, which requires accurate predictions of shower activity. NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office generates an annual meteor shower forecast that describes the variations in the near-Earth meteoroid flux produced by meteor showers, which presents the shower flux both in absolute terms and relative to the sporadic ux. The shower forecast incorporates model predictions of annual variations in shower activity and quotes fluxes to several limiting particle kinetic energies. In this work, we describe our forecasting methods, compare them to actual observations, and highlight recent improvements to the temporal pro les based on flux measurements from the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR).
Document ID
20170004475
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Abstract
Authors
Moorhead, Althea V.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Cooke, William J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Campbell-Brown, Margaret D.
(University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada)
Date Acquired
May 8, 2017
Publication Date
April 18, 2017
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
M17-5648
Meeting Information
Meeting: European Conference on Space Debris
Location: Darmstadt
Country: Germany
Start Date: April 18, 2017
End Date: April 21, 2017
Sponsors: European Space Agency. European Space Operations Center
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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